VENUE: June 1 @ Churchill Downs

[RUFFIAN]

TIZ UNDER THE STARS
WE ALL SHALL THEN GO
TO SEE WHO RUNS FAST
AND WHO WILL RUN SLOW

CAN RUFFIAN DO A 3-PEAT?
~ ~ PROBABLY NOT
BUT SOMETIMES THAT CAT
CAN GET PURTY HOT

WITH A 6 PM POST TIME
ON THE EAST COAST
WHICH OF THE PLAYERS
ENDS UP WITH A BOAST!

SO IT'S OFF TO KENTUCKY
FOR SATURDAY'S FUN
SEE YA ALL THERE,
SO BE READY TO RUN!

[Real Quiet]

Daylight should be just about done starting with race 6.

[RUFFIAN]

RQ QUIPS
“...Daylight should be just about done starting with race 6.”

THANK U FOR THE ASTUTE OBSERVATION
OF THE TIMELINE ERROR IN MY POEM

IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED


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[RUFFIAN]

It’s too late now to make a change
And the venue format to rearrange

*** When I looked at DRF STAKES SCHEDULE
There was no Penn National or Even Arlington Listed!

So I tried to decide between Santa Anita and Churchill downs

Additionally trying to be considerate I posted the venue on Wednesday night instead of waiting until Thursday morning

that is when I got an email from one of my players questioning
why I did not choose Penn national

I then went to look at the card and felt my whiskers twisting in the wind

It’s too late now to change the track
I only wish I could take it back

I would enjoy receiving a link to a better source of future stakes races

[JolyB]

The Stakes Calendar at Bloodhorse is usually a more reliable list of upcoming stakes races. As you can see, it extends further into the future than DRF.

Here's a link for future reference:

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...takes-calendar

No need to fret. Even though there's no Stephen Foster or Fleur de Lis on the Churchill card (there's both on a superb race card two weeks away), the Churchill offering should suit us just fine as we eagerly await the Belmont. My only complaint is that Mike Battaglia makes a mediocre morning line. The couple of times I checked the numbers, he never got below a total of 125%, even though the WPS takeout in KY is only 17.5%. He also seems to use 6-1 as his automatic default odds once he gets beyond the contenders. Perhaps I'm being too picky, but his ML has a very mechanical feel to it and has for many years.

[RUFFIAN]

Thank you JOLY and Real Quiet for the BLOODHORSE information

All these years I have always used DRF STAKES schedule

It never occurred to me to go to BLOODHORSE for that information
Interestingly I get daily BLOODHORSE emails with updates

I probably will never use DRF again!!!

Again I offer my apologies for choosing the wrong track
I only wish I could’ve taken it back but found out too late